
‘The international community must boycott the Russian nuclear industry’
“The Russian nuclear company Rosatom is not just another energy company. It is a state within the state, and a political instrument for the Kremlin. ...
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Publish date: August 16, 2006
Written by: Vera Ponomareva
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Relay protection reacted because of the short circuit in the switchyard. As a result, a 330 kW power line was switched off. The first unit reactor was scrammed and switched of the electric network.
The background radiation at the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant (LNPP) site and neighbouring areas was reported to be within preset limits and did not exceed natural levels, the LNPP’s press service reported.
“Specialists are now investigating the reasons and to find out what repairs are necessary,” Sergey Averyanov, chief of LNPP press-service, told Bellona Web.
According to Averyanov, the repairs may take about two days, though the units themselves do not need to be repaired.
“The Russian nuclear company Rosatom is not just another energy company. It is a state within the state, and a political instrument for the Kremlin. ...
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